Archive: May 2018

28 May 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Govt must step foot in mining industry, exploit copper revenue – Habazoka

Economist Dr Lubinda Habazoka has urged government to step it’s foot in the mining industry to ensure that it exploits meaningful revenue from the sale of copper. And Dr Habazoka says those who privatised companies […]

28 May 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Teaching council extends deadline for application of practicing certificates

The Teaching Council of Zambia (TCZ) has extended deadline for application of practicing certificates from May 31st to July 31st 2018. TCZ Spokesperson Ngoza Malonga stated that the council has also abridged the form for […]

28 May 2018 | Abraham Kalito

ICT capable of contributing more to Zambia’s GDP than agriculture – US Agency

The United States Agency for International Development says there is chance that the percentage of Gross Domestic Product GDP afforded by Information and Communications Technologies ICT’s will outweigh that which is afforded by agriculture and […]

28 May 2018 | Stuart Lisulo

Radisson to open Park Inn Hotel in Lusaka

Radisson Hotel Group have announced that Park Inn, a new hotel, will be opening in Lusaka by 2020 to meet growing tourism demand in Zambia. In a statement, the group announced that Park Inn, the […]

28 May 2018 | Chibamba Kanyama

Entrepreneur and Internal locus of control

One of the things I dearly miss is lecturing an MBA class at the now defunct AIBT Zambia Campus. The other day, I was going through the notes for one of the modules I managed, […]

28 May 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Mosho demands K5m from Kambwili, Nkombo

Lusaka lawyer Lewis Mosho has written to the Roan and Mazabuka central members of parliament Chishimba Kambwili and Garry Nkombo respectively, demanding K5 million as compensation after the Lusaka High Court threw out the dual’s […]

27 May 2018 | Diggers Reporter

Justice Mumba Malila’s wife dies

Chilanga UPND council chairperson Maria Malila who is wife to Supreme Court justice and former Attorney General Mumba Malila has died. According to UPND president Hakainde Hichilema, Maria died at the University Teaching Hospital yesterday. […]

27 May 2018 | Diggers Editor

The wisdom of drunkards

To begin with, the chief government spokesperson should have included herself and say “we the Zambian women are the worst drunkards in the world”, because we believe that she personally takes up a considerably high […]

26 May 2018 | Tenson Mkhala

Lungu vows to deliver his promises

President Edgar Lungu says he wants to be different from his predecessors by delivering promises to the people of Zambia. Speaking when he officiated at a tree planting exercise at Chankunkula Primary School in Chelstone, […]

26 May 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Govt has neglected me, laments ZANCO

Eighty-four-year old Mpundu Mutembo popularly known as ZANCO is Zambia’s symbol of freedom and his elegant statue erected at the Freedom Square in Lusaka’s Kamwala area is a hive of activity during every national event. […]